CA1042102A - Interlaced readout of a charge coupled array - Google Patents

Interlaced readout of a charge coupled array

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CA1042102A
CA1042102A CA231,565A CA231565A CA1042102A CA 1042102 A CA1042102 A CA 1042102A CA 231565 A CA231565 A CA 231565A CA 1042102 A CA1042102 A CA 1042102A
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Walter F. Kosonocky
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RCA Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
    • H10F39/10—Integrated devices
    • H10F39/12—Image sensors
    • H10F39/15—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors
    • H10F39/158—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors having arrangements for blooming suppression
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/46—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by combining or binning pixels
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/71—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors
    • H04N25/72—Charge-coupled device [CCD] sensors; Charge-transfer registers specially adapted for CCD sensors using frame transfer [FT]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F39/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element covered by group H10F30/00, e.g. radiation detectors comprising photodiode arrays
    • H10F39/10—Integrated devices
    • H10F39/12—Image sensors
    • H10F39/15—Charge-coupled device [CCD] image sensors
    • H10F39/153—Two-dimensional or three-dimensional array CCD image sensors

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  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
CA231,565A 1974-07-25 1975-07-15 Interlaced readout of a charge coupled array Expired CA1042102A (en)

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US05/491,812 US3932775A (en) 1974-07-25 1974-07-25 Interlaced readout of charge stored in a charge coupled image sensing array

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US (1) US3932775A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (2) JPS5444413B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU497072B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1042102A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE2533405C3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2280197A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB1503820A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
NL (1) NL185970C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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DE2533405A1 (de) 1976-02-05
JPS5136820A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1976-03-27
NL185970B (nl) 1990-03-16
JPS5911230B2 (ja) 1984-03-14
NL7508834A (nl) 1976-01-27
FR2280197A1 (fr) 1976-02-20
DE2533405B2 (de) 1977-11-03
JPS5444413B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1979-12-26
US3932775A (en) 1976-01-13
DE2533405C3 (de) 1978-06-15
JPS5484920A (en) 1979-07-06
AU8287475A (en) 1977-01-13
GB1503820A (en) 1978-03-15
NL185970C (nl) 1990-08-16
FR2280197B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1980-06-06
AU497072B2 (en) 1978-11-23

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